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Total mileage on Day 9: 4.8 Beginning altitude (Dingboche): 14,272 ft Final altitude (Lobuche): 16,160 ft ———————————————————— Today was one of the most beautiful days of our journey. With each step we took away from Dingboche, we encountered larger and … Continue reading →

Total mileage on Day 8: 0 Beginning and final altitude (Dingboche): 14,272 ft ———————————————————— We spent our mandatory acclimitization day in Dingboche reading our books in the lodge and wandering around the village and surrounding hillsides. Like most villages on … Continue reading →

Total mileage on Day 7: ~3 Beginning altitude (Pangboche): 13,254 ft Final altitude (Dingboche): 14,272 ft —————————————————————- A sparkling sheet of snow coated the village of Pangboche when we awoke on day 7. We stuffed our bags and headed downstairs … Continue reading →

Total mileage on Day 6: 0 Resting altitude (Pangboche): 13,254 ft —————————————————————- Steph’s sinus infection had worsened throughout the previous days, and after her light-headedness, we worried that launching into yet another day of hiking could push her too far. … Continue reading →

Total mileage on Day 5: ~3 Beginning altitude (Tengboche): 12,696 ft Final altitude (Pangboche): 13,254 ft —————————————————————- We hiked out of Tengboche on a spectacular, clear day. The sky was a deep, intense blue, like an ocean, and the only … Continue reading →

Total mileage on Day 4: 4 Beginning altitude (Namche Bazaar): 11,286 ft Final altitude (Tengboche): 12,696 ft ——————————————————- As much as I had been trying to tell myself it was only my imagination, I woke up this morning to a … Continue reading →

Total mileage on Day 2: 4 Beginning altitude (Phakding): 8,500 ft Final altitude (Namche Bazaar): 11,286 ft —————————————————————– Today was one of those days that can only happen once in one’s lifetime: the day we got our first glimpse of … Continue reading →

Total mileage: 5 Beginning altitude (at Lukla): 9,000 feet Final altitude in Phakding: 8,500 feet (the hike on Day 1 has a net negative climb.) —————————————————————————————– Early on the morning of May 28th, we arrived at the Kathmandu Airport and … Continue reading →

Though I’d always dreamed of seeing Mt. Everest one day, the idea of actually doing it only started churning in my head the day I met Annie, a pediatrician who I met at Angkor Hospital for Children in Cambodia, while we were … Continue reading →